Fish-hook.



T. E. KING, FISH HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY H. I9I6.

. Patented Apr. 30,1918.

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I rise-noon. hfihfi, SpeeificatioersJPatent. t t go, my 1 I 7Application filed July 11,1916. Seria11to.108,622. a To allwhom it magconcern: i body is formed throughout its length with i 'make and use thesame.

THOMAS ELIIDSWO'JP Be it, known that I, 'THo As ELLsWdRrH 1 N6, acitizen of the United States, res1ding at Frances, in the county ofPacific and 1 State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fish- Hooks; and I dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to. which it appertainsto Thisinvention relates to fish hooks, and

. has for its'object to-provide a fish book holder adapted to bepennanently'securd to the. end of a fishing line and including means forrigidly and detachably securing a hook and artificial'bait or flies.

With this and otherobjects in view, the

' invention consists in the novel construction,

. will be hereinafter speeficallyfdescribed,

combination and arrangement of parts as claimed, and illustrated indrawing, in'which: V

igure lrepresents aside elevation of the improved fish hook and holder,

Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view through. the holder,

Flg. 3 represents a side elevation of the the accompanyfish hook holder,the sleeve and ring nut being removed. 1

Referring to the drawing in in similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the, several .edtobe views, the numeral 5indicates generally the body of the holder, which is preferably ofcylindrical formation and is provided at one;

end with a head 6 defining a stop flangeor Shoulder 7 llhe head andadjacent portion of the body aretormed with an oblique opening 6 whichterminates in the zone of the shoulder 7, an the end of the bodyopposite the head 6 1s ormed with an axial opening receiving the shank 8of the loop 9, adaptl 11 ermanently secured to a fishing counicates witha diametrical opening 21 tormedin. the body through which the shank ofthe loop may .he-inserted and the.

dean, wherehe inner end or the axial opening 1 whereby'it is preyentedfrom being withawndrorn the. anal-opening. 'llhe external screw threads10 and intermediate its ends is formed with an opening 13' communicatingwith alined recesses 14 formed in the body and head;

The shank 15 of a preferred type of fish" bore is slidably mounted uponthe body and is engaged with the sleeve 17 A second inter-' nally screwthreaded sleeve 20 is fitted upon thebody and against the sleeve 18 andcovers the diametrical opening 21 in the body. Flies or artificial bait19 are positioned in the opening 13 in the body 5, extend downwardlythrough the'reoesses 14 and conceal the hook 15. Flies may also bepositioned in the opening 6 and held againstthe flange or shoulder 7 bythe sleeve 17'.

a What is claimed is: y Y A fish hook holder including a longitudinallygrooved and externallyscrew threaded body havin spaced diametrical:openings and a longitu inal opening communicatlng with one of thediametrical openings, a head at one terminal of said body, a fish hkincluding an angular shank engaged in the ongltudinal groove and one ofthe dia'metmr cal .openings, an internally threaded sleeve, fitted onsaid body abuttingl said head and 00k, said body a securing the shankofsaid having an oblique opening in'the threaded end adapted to receiveartificial bait and terminating between the sleeve and body, 'a

headed loo ed shank received Within the longitudina' opening andterminating m the other diametrical opening, andan internally screw-threaded sleevefit'ted on said body and closing thesecond-mentionedopening. i

In testimony whereof I afix mysignature Kin-presence of two witnesses. iv THUS; ELLSWURTH KING, -itnesses:

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